Uganda: Ndeeba, the Home of the Bodaboda From AllAfrica.com They can be found in every almost every corner of the country, but almost all boda bodas that whiz past us on the roads have once been 'residents' of Ndeeba Every town has a distinctive feature that makes it stand out from the rest and Ndeeba certainly meets that standard. You will look on in awe at so many boda bodas lying, standing, and whizzing by endlessly once you are in Ndeeba. The boda bodas are paraded between the front of buildings and just off the road for display. Shops by the...

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Louisiana Business Shorts: Eric Hill, Barnes And Nobles, AppOne ... From Bayou Buzz AppOne, a part of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, is helping automotive dealers and lenders address Identity Theft Red Flags and Notices of Address Discrepancy, more commonly known as ' Red Flag Rules, ' using its Internet-based financial risk mitigation technology. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) established the Red Flag Rules recently to help combat the nation ' s fastest growing white collar crime - identity theft. The Red Flag Rules are aimed at helping dealerships and lenders...

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Why I didn't buy a new family car From North County Times Gas mileage issues have moved to the top of my list of reasons for not purchasing a new family car. An article, "Luxury car dealers pull into Escondido," in the Jan. 20 NCT recently described how Lexus, Audi and Suzuki dealerships were moving into Escondido. The sentence that caught my eye described how Suzuki's "fuel-efficient cars have become more appealing with rising gas prices." These fuel-efficient vehicles have contributed to an increase of 12 percent in domestic sales of Suzuki cars...

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GMAC will cut about 930 jobs From Cherry Hill Courier Post GMAC LLC said last week it plans to cut about 930 jobs in its auto finance business as it restructures to cut expenses in the wake of tightening credit markets and heavy losses last year. GMAC expects to save about $175 million per year, but the company expects to spend $65 million to $85 million in 2008 for employee severance and office-closing expenses.

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Commercial car sales boost Toyota’s rivals in market race From Business Daily Africa February 25, 2008: For nearly a decade as the Kenyan economy gradually slipped into a recession squeezing the new motor vehicle market, Japanese car maker Toyota stood out as the more versatile dealer controlling more than a quarter of the entire market. Until 2004, Toyota had firmed its grip on the new car market and opened a market share gap of close to 10 per cent with its closest rival. As the economy entered the recovery mode, demand for new motor vehicles has been most robust in the...

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